Paintbrush holder or handle



Dec. 27, 1927.

F. TRAVAGLINI PAINTBRUSH HOLDER OR HANDLE Filed April 6. 1927 wdg/ENTOR ff i7 ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 27, 1927.

UNITED STATES FRANK TRAVAGLINI, PHILADELPHIA,vPENNSYLVANIA.

PAINTBRUSH HOLDER on HANDLE.

Application inea April c,

The present invention relates to an limproved paint brush holder or handle,'and the purpose thereof is to provide a receptacle for the reception of the dripplngs of paint from the brush, especially when painting overhead.

Another purpose is to provide a detachable handle or brush holder, with means, by which different brushes may be attached. For instance when one brush is worn out or hardened with paint, the bristles being too stifr" and incapable of being limbered, such a brush may be detached and a new brush fastened in place.

Another purpose is to provide, in a handle or brush holderl an inside errulc or sleeve, so positioned in the handle and s o constructed, so that in case the brush is `turned downwardly, the paint will be retained in the handle and prevented from dripping out and flowing back upon the, brush, there being a telescoping cap or cover at the extremity of the handle, which may be removed for the removal of the collected paint.

It is to be understood that the particuy lars herein given are in no way limitive,

and that while still keeping within the scope of the invention, any desired modification of details and proportions may be made in the construction ot the appliance according to circumstances.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts to be hereinafter set forth, shownV in the` drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure l-- is a view of the'improved handle or brush holder', partly in elevation and partly in section, to show the interior construction thereof.

Figure 2*- is a sectional view on line 2-2 of Figure l.

Figure 3- is a cross-sectional view on line 3-3 oi' Figure 2.

Figure 4` is a 'detail view showing a modified forni, in which a transverse bottom 3 is shown.

Referring to the drawings, 1 identifies a handle, which may be any suitable shape, preferably tapered as shown, and one end of the handle merges into a brush head receiving socket, which is provided with a bottom 3. Extending `from the bottom 3 are opposed spring blades 4, arranged in pairs. The handle, the head receiving sock,-

1927. Serial No. 181,503.

etv 2 and its bottom, as well as the spring blades 4 may be constructed of any suitable material,preferably sheet metal, which may be made up in the shape :as shown by any approved method. Adjacent where the bottom 3 in Figure 4'fo1'ms an integral part with thelwall of the socket, the bottom is provided with openings 5, which will permit paint that may drip into the socket, to flow into the hollow handle.

6 is a paint brush, consisting ofl a head 7 and the brush bristles 8, the latter being tastened in the head in any approved way. The opposite side faces ot the head 7 have opposing grooves /9, which receive the blades or arms 4, such arms acting to hold the brush head securely and rigidly in position. The opposite edges of the spring blades or arms have arcuately bulged portions l0, which engage in corresponding shaped' recesses formed in the edges of the grooves or sea-ts 9. By this construction the head is assisted materially in being held in place and rigidity assured. To further insure holding the brush head in position and to afford rigidity screws 11 pass through certain of the blades 4 and through the head 7 with their shanks threaded into sleeves 12, which are inserted through the opposite blades or arms and partly into the head 7 o'l the brush, as shown clearly in Figure 2, thereby providing a relatively fixed relation between the handle and the brush.

It will be noted that the socket 2 is relatively larger than the head 7 of the brush, so that when the brush is being used overhead, the brush turned up and the handle down, the drippings of paint, especially when the latter is relatively thin, will flow into the socket and thence into the hollow handle.

However, to prevent such paint from Howing` from the handle when the brush is turned down and the handle up a sleeve or ferrule 13 is positioned within the hollow handle and is held frictionally in the posi tion show-n in Figure 2. It will be noted that one end 14 ot' the sleeve or ferrule is so tapered as to cause the positioning of the end 15 of the sleeve from the wall of the hollow handle. Obviously it may be Vunderstood. by observing the drawing in connection with this description how the errule prevents the paint in the handle from 'flowing back toward the brush should it be turned down.

The extremity 16 of the handle is closed by a cap or ycover 17, which is also hollow,

one end thereof being open as .ill nstrated, the other end being closed and being of a truetooonieal shape. The open end of the Cap or cover teleseopieally lite the hollow handle, and the annular Shoulder 18 of the Cover or cap engages with the marginal edge of the open end of the handle, thereby limiting the cap or cover in its movement toward Closing the handle.

The invention having` been set ortl1,wl1at is Claimed is:

'1. A paint brush comprising a hollow handle having)` a ysocket on one end, a brush head olf smaller Size than and mounted in the socket, the opposite Sides of the head having parallel grooves, and means rising from the bottom of the socket and secured in said gijrooves to hold the head within and spaced from the walls of the socket.

2. I1 paint brush comprising a hollow handle having` a socket on one end,l a brush head provided upon opposite Sides with parallel grooves, Said head being relatively- 

